Dear Friends of Jesus,
Just landed into Sydney on a 2am flight, across the continent, from Perth. I’m grateful to God’s grace, goodness and empowering presence.
This past week in Perth, Western Australia has been challenging on multiple levels. As I reported a few days ago, during one of my public meetings at Concordia Lutheran Church, we were invaded and disrupted by a group of protestors hell-bent on hindering the ministry of the gospel. They yelled, slandered and opposed me. The following night we even had to have a State police officer at the entrance of the church to prevent another disturbance.
Despite the resistance of the enemy I continued to preach God’s Word and ministered to the captives. Souls were still impacted with the gospel ministry. I refuse to allow the enemy to deter me or discourage me. As a result of my persistence, Jesus blessed me with a wonderful night at a new church plant in the Perth area. I encountered the sweet presence of God and was greatly encouraged by my brothers and sisters.
Last year, while ministering in Perth, I was honored to ordain three ministers of the gospel, who are pictured with me above –pastors Richard, Connie and Danick. After their holy ordination, God began to work powerfully in their lives and a new church was established –Xebec Christian Fellowship– in the city that is dedicated in preaching the gospel to the nations. In fact, on a recent mission to Indonesia, the church, as Pastor Richard reported to me, witnessed hundreds of souls being touched with the gospel and many miraculous signs and wonders taking place. Pastor Richard shared with me that in one service alone, more then 200+ souls were won to Jesus Christ after his preaching.
Richard has been going through our Freedom Fighter International Training Center and is being empowered to fulfill the work of the evangelist, pastor and teacher. Even our Australian mission coordinator, Pastor Joan Smale has fully completed the curriculum and is being empowered by the Holy Spirit to reach many. This brings me joy to see disciples of King Jesus fulfilling their God-given destinies.
Last night at Xebec Christian Fellowship we witnessed the power of God in delivering souls from Satan’s hold. We also witnessed the Savior providing healing to broken hearts and hurting bodies. More on those miracles in my next update however we also witnessed another extraordinary miracle, that being the miracle of the new birth. In nearly every public service, on this mission, we have had the honor to lead souls to salvation in Jesus Christ. Last night was no different.
The left hand side picture above was a post salvation picture of a new brother who was birthed into the Kingdom of God last night, in the midst of the service. I’ll refer to him as Mike. After teaching from the Holy Scriptures I demonstrated the power of God, to those assembled, by casting out demons. Mike, while sitting with his wife, witnessed several powerful deliverances. No doubt, God was using these power encounters to open his heart. At some point during the meeting I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to reach out to Mike and inquire about his salvation. He confessed he had not been born again.
I shared the good news of Jesus, briefly, with him and was honored to pray with him –for him to receive Jesus as Lord! Afterwards, he testified of feeling happy. His smile said it all. Jesus saved him! Seeing souls encounter the wonders of salvation in God is really special and it never gets old. This mission, for decades, have been faithful in preaching the gospel and have witnessed many thousands call upon Jesus in salvation.